On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 07:28:14PM +0200, Leopold Toetsch wrote:
> 80, or 100, or 132 are all some arbitrary limits. But the latter is already
> inconvenient on a 12" powermac with reasonable font size [1].
That's an interesting and modern metric: minimum common screen size divided
by minimum readable font size. (For me that comes out to 150 columns; a 12"
display triggers my claustrophobia.)
> [1] "reasonable" for the old eyes of folks that actually have punched
> hollerith cards, when they were younger, like e.g. yours sincerly
Right there with you. My school's punch card machines were in the same room
as the TRS-80 Model I ("THE COMPUTER ROOM"). These kids today with their
hula hoops and fax machines and intarwebs...
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Chip Salzenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
